We were inspired by Poole Quay Pictorial visit link by FrenziedFrog whilst on holiday this year. This great cache involved a walk spotting the images defined on the cache page and answering questions about them in order to find the numbers for the final equation. FrenziedFrog was in turn inspired by Cardiff Pictorial (GCHJXW), by Write and Main.
Using the pictures in the gallery, labelled A to T, you need to examine the picturesque village of Woburn closely. The only area you need to explore is from the southern village border through George Street into Bedford Street as far the Crawley Road junction, along the A4012. All can be seen from the sidewalk and will test your skills of observation. Parking can be found along the main street but is limited to an hour or adjacent car parks can be used.
Once you have found a location answer the question associated with it and keep a note of the answer. After you have found them all you can find the final cache! We have chosen Woburn as it is a quaint, historic place with plenty of places to stop for refreshments. Make it an enjoyable experience.
THE QUESTIONS:
A: How many vertical spikes nearby?
B: How many stars?
C: What is missing underneath 185?
D: How far to Woburn? 0.?km
E: The letter E first appears in which position in the name of the business? (ignore spaces)
F: How many letter ‘A’s are on the banner beneath?
G: What is the greatest number above this?
H: How many windows?
I: How many panes of glass in the round window at the top of the building?
J: How many words? (A smaller version of the symbol is on the benches, but you need to look elsewhere).
K: What CP(?) is this?
L: How many panes of glass in the shop window to the left?
M: What’s the missing digit? 100/1?
N: How many black-cased lights in total?
O: How many of these can you see?
P: Total number of vertical arrows (over two levels) on the gate?
Q: What is the house number?
R: What is the house number?
S: What is the (new) number on the post Pxxx?
T: How many holes in total?
THE SUMS
a = L - B – C – F
b = E x K – M + I - 3
c = J – K + S - I - 4
d = A – T
e = G – P + O – Q
f = R ÷ D + N – H
THE LOCATION
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W000°37.def
The Queen Eleanor Pilgrimage
Following the death of his beloved wife, Queen Eleanor, on November 28th 1290 at Harby, near Lincoln, King Edward I accompanied her funeral procession on its journey to London, where she was to be buried in Westminster Abbey. At each place that the procession stopped overnight, the King ordered a cross to be erected in her name. These crosses are now known as the ‘Eleanor Crosses’, although very few of the twelve originals now remain intact. The twelve sites are: Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham Cross, Cheapside and Charing Cross.
This cache is currently the closest cache to the site of one of these crosses and forms part of the ‘Queen Eleanor Pilgrimage’, along with Lincoln Cathedral, where her viscera are interred, Blackfriars, where her heart was placed, and Harby and Westminster, the start and end of her final journey.
Further information on the crosses can be found here.
A bookmark list of all the caches currently in the series can be found here.
A badge has been produced for each of these caches for you to collect and place on your profile as you visit them. The first four cachers to visit each of these caches will receive a commemorative ‘tag’ and a final badge for their profile. Contact Tentmantent if you think that you qualify.